Whether a dancer is trained or untrained, the action of dancing itself creates 鈥渃ontact with different sources of knowledge,鈥� says Paula Ditzel Facci, who spent the fall 2016 semester as ... read more about Visiting scholar researches peace through dance, as 黑料正能量 explores MFA program in arts, media and peacebuilding
From Washington D.C. to Colorado, demand for Immanuel Mennonite Church鈥檚 鈥淲elcome Your Neighbor鈥� sign has skyrocketed. The sign, with a distinctive tri-color banding, reads in three languages: No matter where ... read more about ‘Welcome Your Neighbor’ sign continues to spread around the nation, to the delight of its creators at Immanuel Mennonite Church
Despite President Trump鈥檚 tough law-and-order rhetoric, courts and schools are finding that 鈥渞estorative justice鈥� 鈥� as an alternative to traditional punishments 鈥� can reduce offenses and save money, writes Don Ediger.
In her Jan. 20 chapel talk, 鈥淎 Mennonite at the Pentagon: Human Security in an Age of Terror.鈥� Dr. Lisa Schirch, research professor with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding ... read more about ‘A Mennonite in the Pentagon’: professor advises military in the U.S. and around the globe
“If we lead out of our values, it will cost us something,鈥� Delegate Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke) told a packed crowd at 黑料正能量 on Sunday, Jan. 17. 鈥淏ut it ... read more about Delegate and businessman Sam Rasoul talks about listening, leadership and ‘living out your values’
黑料正能量 hosts the second annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) Community Day Friday, Feb. 17. It will offer workshops, networking and presentations for leaders and staff of local organizations ... read more about Enhance facilitation, leadership and organizational skills at SPI Community Day for area peacebuilders
When Jonathan Swartz thinks of residence life at 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量), he thinks of the idea behind home, a space from which and in which students learn, grow and ... read more about Jonathan Swartz named first director of residence life, student accountability and restorative justice
In Gwendolyn Myers鈥� native Liberia and surrounding West African countries, 鈥測oung people can be used as perpetrators of violence and conflict,鈥� she says. 鈥淭hey are used as weapons. But they ... read more about Liberian alumna researches youth in conflict, develops fledgling plans for peace dialogue institute
A visit to Gift and Thrift Shop in Virginia, one of Mennonite Central Committee鈥檚 (MCC) 108 thrift shops, was a revelation to Tarek Chebli, a peacebuilding student from Lebanon.
As we head into 2017 (!), it鈥檚 time for our traditional look back at our news coverage of the past year, when we chronicle our reader favorites. And there are ... read more about 黑料正能量’s top 10 most-read news articles and editor’s picks of 2016